You Have A Working Holiday Visa for Australia - Now How Do You Find Work?


Got a working holiday visa for Australia? But not sure how it will all work out and how easy or difficult it is to find work?

It seems most people are rather nervous about this aspect of their upcoming working holiday in Australia!

There is absolutely no need to be nervous at all.

The good news: Australia is such a big country, it's always peak season somewhere. The work is here, waiting for you.

The bad news: Australia is such a big country, if you land in the wrong place you may be thousands of kilometres from where the work is waiting for you.

It does help to get some directions!

Work And Travel Australia


The easiest to find work for people on working holidays in Australia are fruit picking jobs and work in the hospitality industry.

I already covered fruit picking jobs in great detail. I also wrote about the hospitality industry and some other ways to work as you travel. You find them in the menu on the right.

But I also have another tip to share:

People hear Australia and they think Sydney. Most working holiday visa holders fly to Sydney and they seem to think Sydney is the hub for everything and since it's the biggest city it must have the most work opportunities. That couldn't be further from the truth!

(Unless you want to do exactly the same office job that you did back home. Then Sydney is indeed a good place to start. Just get in touch with the temp agencies there.)

But for everyone who came to Australia to experience something different: Western Australia is where the work is!

Right now all of Western Australia is DESPERATE for workers, especially in the hospitality industry. Why? Because of the huge and ongoing boom in the mining and resources industry. Everybody is flocking to the mines and oil rigs and gas plants. As a result the restaurants, pubs, hotels and just about any other business have major trouble finding the staff they need.

Cafes and restaurants have had to close down beause they simply could not find enough staff to continue!

The situation is so bad that the Western Australian Government has even launched a new website, just to attract more working holiday visa holders to Western Australia!

It's here: http://www.westernaustralia.com/workplay/

The site tells you more about what kind of jobs are available, how to find them and also has a list of email contacts for employers in the hospitality industry. Unfortunately that list focusses to the big hotel chains and resorts.

If the flashy resorts aren't your cup of tea, then hopefully this Outback Pub Barmaids Program from WorkStay is! (Don't miss the testimonials.)

If you want to work and travel Australia, forget Sydney. Spend at least the working part of your working holiday in Western Australia. You may just find out that you want to spend the rest of your time there, too...

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Getting your working holiday visa for Australia.

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